Hen in the Making
Working on a design for a hen. Taking inspiration from abstract and fragmented styles. I will be breaking down the image into smaller units. Which have a pattern close up but perhaps represent a more realistic subject when viewed from a distance.
—“Initial Sketches”—
—“Dividing my drawing into segments”—
—“Filling the segments with lines”—
things
—“Carvings”—
Relief print. taken from the two blocks. At this point, its clear that ive carved too deep.
Before i critique this piece, lets look at the positives. The carving and relief print accurately represents the hand drawn qualities of lines that i used. The end result also has merit in terms of the protraying the process.
However, it also looks exactly the oppossite of what was in my head. The inspiration for this piece was a combination of impressionism, and by bringing together fragmented segments, which create the composition for the subject.
This falls short of doing so and therefore, reluctantly i will have to take this back to the drawing board. I will start by recarving the relief blocks.
—“Testing”—
Carving my drawings on to a block, the example in the video is a test being done on a plastic sample, but i predominantly use woodblocks
This is what a finished block looks like after its been carved
—“Microscopy”—
Sticking it under a microscope
Under a microscope, the blue areas represent the inked surface of the carved block. I directly compare these dimensions to my drawings and adjust cutting parameters accordingly
—“Starting again”—
Carved another woodblock. After making some adjustments to the depth
Blue woodblock
—“Epoxy Resin”—
So experimented with a few arty and woody expocy, but ive settled on on one that is used by boat builders
The red block, inked and ready for a print. It is evident at this stage that i have carved a bit too deep.
Went ahead and did a test print. The image actually looks great if left like this. But i know there isnt enough red on the paper for the final composition to work.
